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ENVIRONMENT
Toad patrol hops to it
16 April 2024
Why did the toad cross the road, asks one of the many jokes on a similar highways theme.
BUSINESS
Struggles continue for scandal-hit council contractor
By Mark Conrad | 16 April 2024
A council contractor previously at the centre of a residential care abuse scandal has continued t...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Social work development programme 'pulled' by Department for Education
By Paul Marinko | 16 April 2024
A Government decision to end a training and development programme for social work managers has be...
BUSINESS
Oflog should be handed audit oversight, MPs told
By Mark Conrad | 16 April 2024
The Office for Local Government (Oflog) should be handed oversight of England’s broken audit regi...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Call for evidence boosted in local economic policy
By Paul Marinko | 16 April 2024
Centre for Cities has called for more evidence to be at the heart of local economic policy making.
HEALTH
DEFRA withholds £6m of air quality funding
By William Eichler | 16 April 2024
Around £6m in funding promised to local authorities to help tackle air pollution will be withheld...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Council to announce chief after capacity criticism
By Dan Peters | 15 April 2024
East Devon DC is hoping to announce its new chief executive early next month after peers said sen...
WHITEHALL
Betts backs Homes England review
By Mark Conrad | 15 April 2024
Parliament’s housing committee chair has backed calls to remove some responsibilities from Homes ...
WHITEHALL
Clark: Tories and Labour unwilling to address SEND crisis
By Paul Marinko | 15 April 2024
Labour and the Conservatives have been accused of an ‘unwillingness’ to confront the crisis in sp...
LEGAL
Rayner to be investigated by police after electoral law accusations
By Dan Peters | 15 April 2024
Police have launched an investigation into whether Labour’s shadow local government secretary Ang...
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